Tuesday 17th. September

08:30  IT TAKES 3 and a Community TO DO IG

- Susan Lamb, Manager, Shell and Atle Skjekkeland, CEO, Infotechtion

You'll hear a progress report on a real-time case study. Find out how Shell's legal, IT, and business teams are co-leading their organization's information management improvement journey. Be inspired by Shell's approach to engaging individuals at all organizational levels to increase awareness of information anagement, building IM capability and visibility in the organization, and leveraging IM communities to embed good IM practices in ways of working. 

Susan Lamb a qualified UK Solicitor, currently leads the global information lifecycle management compliance programme for the retention and disposal of all Shell Group information. She is the Shell Group records management SME ensuring governance, policy review, training, stakeholder engagement, communications and the supporting Group IT strategy. As Product Owner for Microsoft Purview, she led the successful implementation of the 5 year Legal/ IT sponsored programme for the implementation of retention and disposal policies for the Shell Group. She is also passionate about mental wellbeing and leads the Care in Legal Programme for Shell Legal.

Atle Skjekkeland is an information management innovator and educator.  While working for the association AIIM, he designed and launched the AIIM conference, Certificate programs, and CIP certification. He also served several years as General Secretary for the EU DLM Forum managing the Moreq archiving standard. Atle is currently the CEO of Infotechtion, a consulting firm specializing in information governance and protection for Microsoft 365 and beyond with offices and staff in the US, EU, UK, and India.

08:55  Subsurface Dashboards for Factory Drilling: Integrating OSDU and Corporate Laboratory Data

- Igor Escobar, Digital officer Geosciences and Reservoir Engineering, TotalEnergies

- James Tomlinson, VP Data Solutions, Ikon Science

TotalEnergies is developing fields in the Albertine basin in Uganda, drilling around 400 wells over 4-5 years and require visibility into the subsurface data being produced for a wide range of subsurface professionals. This paper presents a case study of building a subsurface synthesis and visualisation integrating data that is being stored in OSDU data platform of Uganda along with rock and fluid data which is being processed by TotalEnergies global laboratories.

Igor Escobar (awaiting approval of bio txt for publish) 

James Tomlinson is Ikon Sciences VP of Data Solutions and manages a team deploying subsurface knowledge management solutions. James is a geophysicist by background and has 20 years industry experience working on projects globally.

09:20  Digitalization Done Right: A Data-First Strategy

- Andreas Svendsen Sandvik, IT & Digital Business Partner - Subsurface & Exploration, Vår Energi 

While the industry rushes towards digital transformation, focusing on technology and ambitious projects, the true essence of digitalization lies in a solid data foundation. Our approach to digitalization in Subsurface & Exploration in Vår Energi is the emphasis of a robust data infrastructure and data management function as a catalyst for AI and technology applications. This strategy ensures that the quality and accessibility of data are not afterthoughts, but prerequisites for innovation. 

Andreas Svendsen Sandvik is working at Vår Energi as a IT & Digital Business Partner for Subsurface & Exploration and is also the competency lead for Energy Solutions and DataOps in Sopra Steria. He comes from a background of drilling engineering and has been working with digitalization projects since the start of his career. From working with digitalization and technology initiatives Andreas has become a firm believer that nnovation can only be successful if it is supported by a strong data foundation.

10:15  Modern Data Management at Scale
- Ricardo Texeira, Principle Data Architect, Thoughtworks
As organizations strive to adopt AI and other data-driven emerging technologies, many are held back by the same persistent foundational challenges — data quality and availability, governance issues and legacy architecture complexity. In this talk we will share a modern way of thinking about your data management to be ready to solve these challenges at scale.

Ricardo Teixeira is a Principal Data Architect at Thoughtworks, where he brings his experience in data strategy, engineering and architecture to drive impactful solutions. Prior, he served as Director of Data Products at Auctane, where he and his teams successfully created customer-facing data products that delivered valuable insights about logistics to well known enterprise retailers.

10:40  Panel Debate: Led by Einar Landre, Lead Digital Architect, Equinor

The Data Trilemma: Balancing Quality, Security, and Risk in the Age of AI - Unlocking the Potential of AI in Data Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Transdisciplinary Approach.

We'll explore the impact of AI on data management practices and examine the opportunities and challenges presented by this technological shift. Join us as we discuss how AI impacts risk assessments and safety practices, OSDU Data Platform's role in modern data management practices, and the need for a collaborative, transdisciplinary approach to tackle fundamental data management problems.

As part of our panel of experts from the data and information management industry you will be able share practical insights, lessons learned, and best practices to help understand and adapt to this rapidly-evolving technological landscape. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your expertise, expand your network, and explore fresh ideas and perspectives.

Einar Landre has 30 years of software experience, spending most of his time in the interface between technology and business. Leadership experience from high-tech service industry (consulting), product development and IT in oil and gas. Enjoy positions where we technology is developed and used to solve real world problems.

Wednesday 18th. September

11:35  What is the OSDU Community Implementation?

- Chad Brockman, Principal Engineer, Google Cloud

The OSDU Community Implementation project will provide a common implementation of the OSDU platform that can be built, tested, and released by the community, without relying on any commercial cloud providers or offerings.

Chad Brockman is a Principal Architect at Google Cloud. He has 30+ years of experience building Oil & Gas software products. Chad has served on the Google Cloud OSDU steering committee for 3 years.

12:00  Data Managers: AI-Savvy Leaders Powering the GenAI and Data Driven Energy Company of the Future 

- Christine Rhodes, Partner Segment Lead, Energy Data Platforms, Amazon Web Services and Mark Wiseman, Accenture

The call to action is clear: data managers must begin the process of upskilling themselves, delving into the world of cloud computing, AI/ML, generative AI, and intelligent agents. By taking advantage of resources like the Data Science as a Service Launchpad, data managers can start experimenting with these transformative technologies and explore their potential to enhance decision-making and drive business value. The future is bright, and data managers who embrace this AI revolution will be poised to become the indispensable leaders of tomorrow's oil and gas industry.

Christine Rhodes (she/her) is the AWS Partner Segment Lead for Energy Data Platforms and has 17 years of experience in the energy industry working in Petrotechnical Data Management and Project/Program Management. She spends her days at AWS tackling industry challenges by diving deep, thinking about how to drive value across geoscience domains, and bringing forward innovative solutions from our growing ISV community. She is passionate about change management and how data, new technologies, and people can drive value across the industry.

Mark Wiseman is a Principal Director in Accenture’s Energy Industry Practice.  His two primary roles are Global Lead for OSDU on AWS under the AABG partnership and Upstream Solutions Consultant for North and South America.

Accountable for Energy client engagements with multiple companies - Focus on Upstream and Subsurface Workflows, Apps and Data Management - Expanding the OSDU partner ecosystem and evolving end-to-end business workflows. 

Mark has 33 years experience within Oil & Gas (Upstream, Midstream, OFES), Industrial Products, Core Analysis and Business Solutions Consultancy.

12:25  Asset Digital Twin

- Chandra Yeleshwarapu, Senior Director and head of products and customer experience, Halliburton Landmark

It’s time to harness the full potential of data to describe and build a process and manage an asset digital twin. this session will help provide a framework based on OSDU on how to build an asset digital twin and show it in action with both interoperability at its core and an ecosystem that can help bring it to bear. The presentation also provides a step by step approach to implement such a technology. 

Chandra Yeleshwarapu is Senior Director, Products, Customer Experience, and Business Development. His responsibilities include product strategy, business development, marketing, customer success, and delivering the digital tools for our industry, OpenEarth® community and platform, iEnergy® Cloud, SmartDigital® innovation services and artificial intelligence and machine learning with the Big Data Center of Excellence (CoE). He is the Halliburton focal point in Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU) forum.